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“Disasters occur when hazards meet vulnerability”. (Wisner, B., P. Blaikie, T. Cannon, and I. Davis, 2004).

The concept behind this excerpt is based on the actuality that natural hazards will not trigger a disaster if there is sufficient management to minimize vulnerability. Vulnerability comes about when there is a deficiency in the appropriate amount of emergency management, leadership in relief efforts, disaster control, and human involvement. Without these critical aspects, natural disasters can pose a big threat socially, economically, and environmentally throughout the world as destructive forces of nature takes place universally. The total loss is determined by the total support and response delivered. For the reason that there lacks a method to stop the natural processes of the environment from taking place, it is more significant to diminish its effects instead. As with the impact of disasters magnifying, and natural disasters become more frequent, it is becoming increasingly urgent that there be a unified body to administer the response and consequences.

The occurrence of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 portrays the lack of suitable amount of emergency management, leadership in relief efforts, disaster control, and human involvement in reference to the aftermath. Mismanagement can be said to be inappropriately operated by the state, local governments, as well as federal governments, and the President, George Bush. Citizens residing in New Orleans, Louisiana, were trapped in flood water without necessities due to delayed responses and failure to evacuate when necessary. The nineteen hours of delay for emergency evacuation by Major Ray Nagin depicts this well, as it caused a substantial amount of deaths. Similarly, the incident of the Louisiana Superdome illustrates the failure of legitimate response, as 30,000 people were sent there without the providence of any sanitary, food, water, and other supplies. There was a high casualty level recorded due to the lack of strategic response by the three levels of government involved. Thus, it is important to construct the appropriate body of administration, since the disaster would have been much reduced if sophisticated strategies were proactively planned and implemented on a timely basis.